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Alexes Harris; Mary Pattillo; Bryan L. Sykes – RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2022
Monetary sanctions, also known as legal financial obligations (LFOs), are a highly consequential yet underexplored element of the criminal legal system. LFOs consist of fines, fees, costs, restitution, surcharges, and other financial penalties that are imposed on individuals when they encounter the criminal legal system. Drawing on data from a…
Descriptors: Sanctions, Punishment, Debt (Financial), Criminal Law
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Laughon, Kathryn; Glass, Nancy; Worrell, Claude – Evaluation Review, 2009
Nonlethal strangulation of intimate partners has substantial direct health effects and is associated with an increased risk of later lethal violence by a partner or ex-intimate partner but can be difficult to prosecute under felony assault statutes. After review of state laws regarding assault, the authors identified 10 states with specific…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Crime, State Legislation, Criminal Law